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A. ALLEN.

GATE. No. 409,094. Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREXV ALLEN, OF PIASA, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `:Patent No. 409,094, dated August 18, 1889.

Application tiled March 21, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW ALLEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Piasa, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in tilting gates of that class which are pivoted at one end and adapted to be openedby bein g raised by suitablefactuating means to a vertical position; and my invention consists in the improved construction hereinafter described and set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view' of a gate embodying the essential features of my invention, said gate being lowered to close the gateway. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the gate raised.

A refers to one of the sections of the gate, which is provided with a cross-bar B or other suitable means for pivoting the rear lower corner thereof to suitable supports, said supports being referred to by the letter b, and in the present instance they consist of suitable uprights planted in the ground. These blocks b b are at one side of the gateway, while the post B is at the other side.

Thefgate A may be of any suitable construction, and to the front part of the same is pivoted, by means of a bolt c, a gate-section O, which is provided with an extended rail C', to the end of which is pivoted a lever or bar D, by means of a bolt or pivot d., and the opposite end of bar D is pivoted to a block d. The gate-section. O has pivoted to the upper rail thereof a board e, the lower end of which passes through a suitable staple or guide, and said lower end extends beyond the lower edge of the gate, so that this section of the gate will rest thereon when lowered.

The post B may be provided with ilaring guide-pins ff, between which the end of the Serial No. 304,142. (No model.)

gate-section O will lic when the gate is low ered.

To the upper portion of the section A are secured operatingcords g g, which pass upwardly through guides g on a projecting arm attached to the post G. These operatingcords then extend for a considerable distance on each side of the gate and pass through guides 7L 71, attached to posts II II. By drawing upon the free ends of these cords g g, which may be provided with rings, the gate can be raised and lowered. Then it is desired to open the gate from a carriage or wagon, one of the free ends of the cord is grasped and drawn upon, which will raise and throw the gate beyond its center, so that it will be caused to assume a raised or vertical position on one side of the cross-bar B, and the gate may be closed in a similar manner, when the gate-sections will be brought to a horizontal position.

It will be observed that when the section A is raised it will carry with it the section C, and the lever or bar D will cause said section to assume a vertical position when the gate is opened. The pivoted board e, carried by the outer gate-section C, having its lower end free to swing, will take up any jar or shock, as the lower end of said board will come in contact with the ground and will swing upon its pivot when the gate is further lowered.

By pivoting the section C so that it will fold vertically parallel with the section Athe great weight and leverage which would be incident to operating a single rigid gate of the width of the sections A O are overcome. Moreover, the pivoted section C affords a means, when it an d section A are raised to a limited extent, for permitting the passage of'foot-passengers without the necessity for operating the entire gate.

Having thus described my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but reserve the right to change the same within the scope of my invention.

I claim-n l. In combination with a gate made of two panels pivoted to each other and swinging vertically on their pivots, one of said panels IOO being journaled to ixed supports and said jonrnaled or pivoted panel carrying a panel the rear end of which is pivoted thereto, a bar D, pivoted to a fixed support and to the outer panel of the gate, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a gate inade up of two gate-sections, one of said sections being pivoted to Iixed supports and thc other section bein g provided with an extended rail, of a pivot for connectingT the sections to each other, and a bar pivoted to the end of the extended rail and to a fixed support, whereby the gate-sections, when placed across the gateway, will be placed in a horizontal position, and when the gateway is open will assume a vertical parallel position, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a tilting gate, of the sections A C, the former heilig pivoted at one lower corner to a xed support and the latter being pivoted tothe former to `fold vertically parallel therewith when said sect-ion A is raised to a vertical position, and a bar @,piv-

oted at the upper end to thetop rail ol' the section C, to drop to a Vertical position when the said section is lowered, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a tilting gate,of the sections A and C, pivoted to each other at their adjacent portions to fold parallel with each other when the section A is raised to a verti- 

